A poll by Mainstreet Research shows the Progressive Conservative Party under Doug Ford would win a general election if it were held today. There is about two months to go before the June 7 voting day to see if that will last. The Mainstreet Research poll released Tuesday finds that the Ontario PC Party has a 21 point lead over the governing Liberals. It found that the PC Party currently enjoys 47 percent support among decided and leaning voters — an astonishing lead for any party in Ontario. The Liberals under Kathleen Wynne sit at 26.2 per cent. The Ontario NDP under Andrea Horwath sit at 18.6 per cent support and the Green party sits at 6.4 per cent. The graph above shows the PCs in blue, Liberals in red and NDP in orange. The poll also reveals the Liberal-left bent of Toronto. Within the City, Mainstreet found the PCs sit at 37.5 per cent support, just two-and-a half-percent ahead of the Liberals at 35 per cent for the Liberals; 20.3 per cent for NDP; and six per cent for the Green Party. The poll sampled 2,003 Ontarians of voting age on March 17 and March 18 by automated telephone poll and asked them who they would vote for if the election were held today. Mainstreet Research
JUDY FOOTE
A source has told Canadian Press that former Liberal MP Judy Foote will be named lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. An announcement is expected later Tuesday, making Foote the first woman to serve as the province’s lieutenant-governor.
